Question

Outline an appropriate health teaching plan for the child with visual impairment.

Answer 1

Health teaching plan for a child and family members with visual impairment categorically :

1. At home:

• Attention to the placement of furniture is important. Ensure that big or bulky furniture with sharp edges is not placed near regular walkways
• Families can develop helpful habits like making sure that doors are drawers are not left open and that kitchen and dining chairs are pushed under table.

2.General development:

• Motor skills: poor vision may decrease baby's ability to explore in first 12 months of development. This may means that it takes longer for a child to crawl or walk. Early intervention, occupational therapy or physiotherapy may be helpful.
• Communication and social skills: many conversations begin when people make eye contact or use some type of signal such as welcoming smile or a wave. With vision impairment it's unable to recognise efforts to communicate with them. People may need to work out ways of getting their attention by sound or touch always for a sense of importance.
• Children may also need help to learn the social skills that are expected during conversations. They may need to learn to look towards a speaker and when it is appropriate to enter a conversation. They may also need to be taught about the facial expressions or body postures during a conversation.
• Parents and teachers and friends can assist by using words in place of gestures. Fr e.g..It is imp. to say goodbye rather than to wave or to answer yes rather than to response with a nod. Speech pathologist and specialist teachers can provide help with this.

3. Self help skills: vision impairment kids wil not notice and copy what others are doing. Therefore, self help skills may be slower to develop and may require specific teaching.

Fine motor skills to manage buttons, laces , zips may need more practise.

Carry a stick along wherever you go to avoid hurting by any means suddenly.

Route raining can be provided so that regular ways can be passed without any assistance. Teachers and therapist can help with this.